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A True Ghost Story in Lambertville

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:01:29 GMT

A True Ghost Story in Lambertville

The house that wouldn’t sell

Photo credit: Sue Begent

Many of us love to hear ghost stories, spooky and ghoulish, the thrill of the unknown. The disembodied spirits at Hogwarts are certainly entertaining.

But what exactly are ghosts? Are they even real or just some figment of our imagination?

As a highly sensitive person, I have seen many ghosts throughout my life.

I never feared them, as they seemed to me like regular people lost in some other time, such as the English Redcoat soldier sitting on a barrel at the bottom of our staircase when I was a teenager living in Massachusetts.

Or the time when we lived in Okinawa, Japan, and I was four or five years old. I saw a young woman with long, straight hair, leaning against a wall in my room in the middle of the night, looking sad and alone. I mistook her for my mother, even though my mom didn’t have long hair at the time.

Recently, I was asked to clear a home for my friend Sue’s friend, Cynthia, who was trying to sell her house in Lambertville, a small historic town on the Delaware River in New Jersey, where houses were selling like hotcakes.

Even those that had experienced extensive flooding a few years earlier were receiving offers in just a few days.

Yet Cynthia’s house remained stuck on the market for a solid eight months.

Sue had heard Cynthia talk about the activity of a poltergeist in her house over the years (not uncommon in their hometown of Lambertville).

As Sue mulled over the problem of having no buyers in eight months, it suddenly occurred to her that the reason might be the ghost. Sue immediately thought of me and put me in touch with Cynthia to see what could be done. I agreed to take on the challenge.

I learned that Cynthia had been aware of the presence in her home for a long time. It seemed to become particularly active whenever someone tried to take a nap or whenever a preservation remodeling project was underway.

“The presence would pound on my door, making the door shake, raising a racket.”

Eventually, Cynthia had a little talk with the spirit and “asked him not to wake up [her] husband as he needed his sleep.” She also tried to ease its concerns about the various ongoing projects in the house.

She explained to him that “ the changes were necessary to the preservation of the house…not to change it…only to preserve it.”

After that talk, the noises subsided, but she “knew he was not gone, just quiet.”

Meeting the Spirits

A day or two before I intended to do the formal clearing, I informally went in remotely to get a sense of what I might be dealing with. My first impression was the energy of deep grief and anger. I sensed him to be a man in his mid-to-late thirties or early forties.

This poor soul didn’t know why he was stuck, or why no one would listen to him (hence all the banging). I decided to fill the house with a pink light of soothing and protective energy until I could return for the whole session.

I felt a strong presence in the side stairwell I had seen in a photo.

On my first attempt to reach the spirit, I sensed he was hesitant to come close to me. But when I approached the stairwell with a special iron rose quartz crystal, it got his attention right away.

Mesmerized by the beautiful crystal, he was overjoyed at being seen and recognized by another human.

Finally!

I offered him the crystal, which he gladly took into his hands. He enthusiastically agreed to accept my help, and we (my guides and I) took him to a special inner world meadow, where his guides and loved ones awaited his arrival.

Once he was safe in their presence. I returned to search the house for any other lost souls.

To my surprise, I discovered a young boy in one of the upstairs rooms. He was approximately eight to ten years old, sitting against the wall, his knees drawn up to his chest. He seemed frightened by his circumstances, not understanding why he was there.

When he noticed me, he stood up (I still had my original crystal, as the one given to the first gentleman was a copy), and I offered him the crystal, which he immediately accepted. We walked together to the peaceful inner world meadow to meet his people.

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Why Ghosts Exist and How to Help Them

So how does one become a ghost, seemingly haunting those of us still on this side of the veil of consciousness?

Sometimes, when people pass away from this life, they can become stuck in the places in-between this physical realm and the spiritual realm (also known in various traditions as the Garden of Eden, Heaven, or Eternal Paradise).

But how could they not know they died?

One reason is that if a person lacks a spiritual perspective of life after death (they think they won’t exist if they die), they may not recognize that they are no longer physical, and they don’t remember that they have guides to help them.

Another reason could be a soul contract to forget who they are until someone who has developed their spiritual abilities enough to help them to cross over (We create soul contracts in service to each other in support of our spiritual advancement).

If a person is not aware of this, they may not realize they have died, so they stay where they are familiar. Their guides must wait patiently for them to awaken to their reality, or until someone from the physical world can help.

There are many sources outside of spiritual texts that teach about the awareness that there is an afterlife when we die. We move on from this life to the spiritual realms for debriefing and preparation for a new life when we are ready.

My experiences have consistently revealed that those who remain in the in-between realms are usually full of grief or anger from being separated from the physical world, not understanding why no one hears or sees them.

I’ve also seen them quite content to stay right where they are, not realizing they can move on to a new existence.

For example, on one occasion during an inner journey to help lost souls, I came upon a middle-aged man, sitting in his kitchen, having coffee and toast. He didn’t want to go with me at first because he said he was waiting for his wife to return.

Once I told him I could take him to her (with the guidance of my guides), his face lit up with a smile, and he immediately agreed. We went to the drop-off point where she was waiting for him with an abundance of joy.

The Spiritual Perspective

According to Michael Newton in his book, Journey of Souls, “we have built in amnesia about our soul identity…. ” This is known as the Draught of Forgetfulness, as taught by the late Dr. Robert Gilbert in his class “ The True Rosicrucian and Holy Grail Traditions ,” which each of us is given just before we reincarnate.

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It’s not a punishment, or some kind of cruel joke.

This is so that we can grow and learn without remembering that we are essentially immortal. This allows us to focus on the lifelong journey of rediscovering who we are as spirit beings.

It provides us with the opportunity to seek spiritual knowledge (from any source) in each lifetime, which contributes to our spiritual evolution.

Even being stuck in the in-between is part of the path of discovery, regardless of how long it takes.

No need to worry if you are not spiritual or don’t believe in reincarnation.

Just by reading this, you have been given the seed of awareness to ponder such things, which, ever so slightly, nudges the soul into remembering.

If a person has not made any progress in remembering they are a spiritual being, when they leave their physical body upon their death, they may have no idea that they have died. This can create a sense of confusion, stress, and trauma, causing them to act out toward those they can see and hear.

When we die, we become super conscious, as discussed in a previous article. This super-consciousness allows the person to remain aware and interact with the physical world.

From our earthly perspective, we have been taught through religion, media, and our social networks that ghosts are to be feared, since they tend to cause us such distress.

We fear what we do not understand.

While there may be demons around in the inner worlds between the heavens and earth, who do exact fear on those in their vicinity, by and large, the ghosts we encounter are simply lost souls who need a little help.

That’s where I come in.

I enter the inner world with my guides and connect with the lost soul, gently helping them to move on.

Since I am still physically incarnated on Earth, they recognize me as a person like them and can relate to me more easily than they can to their own spirit guides and helpers who are not in the physical world.

With the help of soul conduction, lost souls can be gently guided to their next phase of existence, where they again remember who they are and begin to work with their guides on a new incarnation.

I later learned that the house I cleared in Lambertville received an offer the day after I infused the home with loving, pink light energy. Even though I hadn’t cleared the spirit yet, the house was free of its negative energies, allowing the buyer to feel safe and comfortable in the home.

The owners accepted the offer, and the transaction was complete within three months. The homeowner, Cynthia, believes that my “…work was instrumental in selling [her] house.”

If you suspect that you may be dealing with a lost soul haunting your home or place of business, please don't hesitate to reach out. I can assist them in moving on safely, with love and compassion.

Oh, in case you may be wondering how the crystal could duplicate itself, the etheric version of the crystal easily can easily give copies of itself to help serve these lost souls. Its beacon of light was like a healing balm of comfort and joy for them.

Please note:

A word of caution: this type of work is never to be undertaken without proper training and never without the help of helper spirits and guides for your safety, and that of those you wish to help.

Thank you for reading!

I hope you enjoyed this story and that it has opened your eyes to a new way of understanding ghosts and what they are all about, and more importantly, how to help them transition into the light.

Stay tuned for more about healing, connecting with your guides, and other topics in future articles.

Feel free to reach out if you would like help with healing and other resources.

Many Blessings,

Cyn

Stuck with Chronic Pain?

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:58:00 GMT

Stuck with Chronic Pain?

This potential cause may astonish you

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Some years ago, I had a very illuminating experience.

I’d been attending a weekly meditation group led by a psychic healer and mentor for a while. It was a wonderful group. Each week, we went on a different inner journey, which gradually acquainted us with the workings of the spiritual realms as we learned to trust our inner guidance.

In each meditation, we experienced amazing healing and magnificent connections with the higher beings of the Divine.

Even though I never wanted to miss a meeting, there were times when the heaviness within me felt so overwhelming that I wanted to stay in the comfort of my home.

One night, I felt particularly miserable. My chronic abdominal pain was intense, and I felt emotionally drained. I wavered about whether to go. It would have been so easy to stay on my couch, coddling my discomfort.

But the burden gnawed at me, and I knew staying home wouldn't fix it.

Somehow, I knew I was meant to be there, and I had to trust, even though there was no guarantee I would be set free of my misery.

The meditation's purpose was to cut etheric and astral cords with the support of Archangels Michael and Raphael.

I didn’t understand how the cords worked or how they affected me, but I wanted to learn.

I was looking forward to seeing my friends, but all I could do was sit there, trying to hold back tears that flowed by their own will.

As we began the mediation, our mentor guided us to bring our awareness to a cord ready to be removed.

She assured us we didn’t need to know where the cord was located or its origin. Our intention to be free of it was enough.

Under her guidance, we called on Archangel Michael to cut each of our cords. Once severed, we were invited to help remove them.

As soon as I focused on mine, to my amazement, I realized I could see that the cord’s root filled my entire abdominal area, and its stump protruded from my lower back.

It was a massive, solid, dark brown (almost black) tree-like root ball lodged within my body. Its stump was about six to eight inches wide and about ten to twelve inches long.

I was shocked at what I was seeing.

I immediately knew it was a cord between me and my alcoholic mother.

It looked and felt slimy, sticky, and heavy. Negative, energetic layers of my toxic relationship with her had created it. (If you’ve read my previous work , you’ll remember our relationship left much to be desired.)

Once it was out of my body, Archangel Michael dissolved it with his divine light.

It no longer existed.

Tears of gratitude poured freely. I was finally free from this hidden attachment to my mother.

But we still had one more step to complete the process.

With the help of Archangel Raphael, we needed to fill the space the cord had occupied with healing energies.

These appeared to me as a sparkling galaxy filled with green and white light. Their healing and soothing vibration was unlike anything I had seen or felt before.

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My relief was immediate. My chronic abdominal pain was gone, and a sense of incredible lightness filled its void. For the first time in my life, I was free from the painful bloating and pressure inside my body.

I had no idea such relief was possible. I had felt so blocked and weighed down all those years. No amount of traditional talk therapy had come near this degree of physical and emotional freedom.

My self-esteem seemed to be perpetually in the gutter. I had always thought I was not good enough to receive love, feel happiness, or be free from inner suffering.

But this experience showed me that it wasn’t my fault. The damage caused by constant berating, emotional abandonment, and the chronic stress of my mother’s need to control me and keep me in my place had created this awful etheric structure that kept me stuck in those feelings long after I was an adult and living my own life.

After this experience, I understood beyond the shadow of a doubt how significant toxic cords can be to our health and well-being.

I also understood the power of setting an intention to heal and the importance of taking action, as well as the responsibility we have for our own well-being.

We are not taught how energy works within the human system (Or that we are energy beings to begin with).

In our Western world, we approach healing from a purely psychological and physical perspective, unaware that unseen damaging energetic ties are present and require severing to achieve deep healing.

My more than twenty years of conventional therapy had failed me in so many ways, and I hadn’t understood why. Later, I found out that according to Dr. Samuel Sagan, in his book Entity Possession , where he explains this phenomenon,

“… as long as the etheric cord remains with its inappropriate transfers of etheric energies and emotions, it is quite difficult to reach a real resolution . ..”

It’s no wonder that I couldn’t dig out from under my chronic pain and inner suffering.

Thankfully, my seemingly endless turmoil from years of living in a dysfunctional home had pushed me to seek with all my heart to find a way to be free of the heaviness of fear, insecurity, co-dependence, low self-esteem, and chronic physical discomfort.

Knowing it was removed and dissolved through healing meditation and the help of higher, divine beings is priceless.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If we genuinely yearn to heal, our spirit guides provide us with the right people and circumstances to show us a solution.

Years later, when I began studying entity clearing (more on that in a future article), I gained a better understanding of why that cord had formed within my etheric body.

But if you are new to this, here’s what you need to know:

Since we are beings of energy, on the metaphysical level, "…a cord is a kind of etheric/astral pipe through which energies and emotions circulate more or less constantly .”

The creation of etheric or astral cords is nothing to be feared. They naturally form when two people have strong emotional ties, such as between mother and child, siblings, friends, and romantic relationships.

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" Any emotional exchange between two people creates a flow of astral energies. However, a cord is more than just a flow; it is a permanent circulation linking the two. It not only transmits emotional waves, but also life force, that is, etheric energies."

The etheric cord bond can be a pleasant, nourishing, and supportive aspect of a loving relationship.

Or, the cords can be harmful to one's well-being, highly suffocating, energy-draining, and even physically debilitating.

Without the meditation group and our mentor’s knowledge and expertise in calling on the Archangels to help, I would not have discovered the existence of such a cord, much less have had the tools to clear it.

Part of the value that comes with doing the work of awakening includes becoming aware of the inevitability of toxic energy and toxic people in our lives.

Once we are aware of them, it is our responsibility to heal or remove ourselves from them.

If something seems impossible for you to overcome, I invite you to consider that there may be invisible ties binding you to toxic people and situations, even if they are no longer a part of your life.

They don’t have to have left this world for you to be free of the poisonous connection. They can still be part of our lives, just in a less toxic way.

For me, it was as if, now that my mother had passed on from the physical world, the cord was unsustainable. It had nothing to support it.

But it still existed on my end, and it was still affecting me.

My soul’s task (one of them, anyway) was to become conscious of it and remove it with the help of the higher beings (Archangels) so I could live my life free from the weight of that unseen, festering tether.

This same promise of support from the Divine beings is just as accessible to you with the right support and guidance; you, too, can cut detrimental attachments between yourself and another living person.

Does cutting detrimental cords completely separate us from our loved ones?

My answer is no; it does not.

No harm will come to them or you. Under proper procedures, the cords will be cleared, and the remaining space will be filled with love and light.

Your relationship may change for the better, or it may naturally dissolve. Whatever is best for your and their souls' growth and evolution will happen.

When we are ready, the healing path presents itself like a winding road, bringing us to the people, places, and events that teach us and open us to a higher consciousness at work in our lives.

Sitting here as my future self, I am grateful for the courage and perseverance of my younger self in pushing through her fear and uncertainty and walking her path of the unknown.

If you choose, your chronic pain and suffering can be an incentive to learn more about healing on a metaphysical level and to take charge of your own health and well-being, opening you to the realization of your spiritual existence.

It might seem scary to take that first step, but I am here to light the way and show you it’s worth it.

If you want to live your best life and end your chronic pain and suffering, cutting cords to toxic people may be an essential key to improved health and well-being.

I encourage you to explore the many ways to heal chronic pain and inner suffering without the use of medication or, worse, surgery.

Learn more about etheric cords and their effects .

Get in touch with your intuition and see what happens.

Know that your guides are waiting for you to step onto your healing path and are ready to help.

Your future self will thank you.

Stay tuned for more about healing, connecting with your guides, and other topics in future articles.

Feel free to reach out if you would like help with healing and other resources.

Many Blessings,

Cyn

My First Energy Healing Class, Part Two

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:12:49 GMT

My First Energy Healing Class, Part Two

An unexpected healing

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When I signed up for the class, I wanted more than an understanding of how the energy worked.

I wanted to be free from the chains of low self-esteem and inner suffering.

I wasn’t sure what to expect. I only knew I couldn’t heal on my own.

After nearly twenty years of traditional therapy, I was hopeful the energies would release me from the burdens that still held me back.

Or at least point me in the right direction.

While I was thrilled to be taking part, my self-esteem was in the gutter, and the weight of my mother’s death still hung heavy in my heart.

It had been less than a year since she had died.

We had been talking again the year before, and I was beginning to think there might be a chance to improve our relationship. I had hoped that if I could free myself, maybe I could somehow free her too.

I recognized that her inability to heal stemmed from her profound suffering due to the traumatic experience of child sexual abuse.

She chose to self-medicate with alcohol rather than getting help to deal with it.

I didn’t want to end up like her: dying of cancer from a lifetime of unhealed emotional misery.

Growing up with her intense anger and resentment towards me had taken a mighty toll on my self-worth.

I managed to get through life, but not without my codependence and insecurities flashing like neon signs everywhere I went.

We began the healing exchange part of the class, and it was my turn.

My heart raced as I closed my eyes.

I feared not perceiving anything, just as I had in the first part of the class, when I had perceived only two songs playing repeatedly in my head.

During that part of the class, they (the higher beings) had chosen music to get my attention.

It took me some time to realize that they had intentionally chosen those songs to show me that they weren't figments of my imagination.

Would I perceive the higher beings now? Or would I get more songs running through my head?

I knew others in the class had higher perceptual skills than I did, and I feared they would see the wretch I always thought I was.

As the energy started to flow, I became aware of a being of light moving toward me, gently yet with purpose.

Its outstretched arm, draped in a light-blue silver robe, moved toward me.

It held three yellow crystals in its long-fingered hand.

To my amazement, it placed the three crystals into my solar plexus chakra, in the stomach area, right under the ribcage.

Then it was gone. The vision vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

I knew the solar plexus chakra was our power center and that it regulates how we project ourselves into the world.

I didn’t realize it would be my starting place for healing.

I had no idea how damaged it was, but it must have been in pretty rough shape.

Having lived my childhood under the abuse of an alcoholic mother, it made perfect sense that my power center would be in terrible condition.

I couldn't heal sooner because I hadn’t understood how to work with my energy system. Now, I had a starting point.

I knew about the seven chakra system and had worked with it in informal meditation groups, but I never really understood how to work with it for healing.

Until now.

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According to Tibetan teachings, our thoughts, emotions, and even unseen spirits affect our energy systems , clogging them on an energetic level.

Studying ancient healing methods is a key to understanding how we can heal ourselves. The ancients of the East, particularly the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, knew how to heal.

" They understood the workings of the human energy bodies “and how to work in harmony with nature to promote healing .”

There are many ways to clear out old, stuck energies that may be causing us distress or dis-ease.

We can work within a spiritual healing system, such as Reiki or Pranic Healing, or a shamanic system, such as Tibetan Bon healing practices .

We can clear our blockages by changing our thought patterns, consciously choosing positivity, and avoiding negative people and environments.

Spending time in natural environments near trees, bodies of water, or open spaces can also help dissolve negative energies.

That’s why it feels so good to be outside in the elements of nature!

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Working with our chakras helps to clear out the muck on an energetic level, which in turn helps us to feel better and live our best life.

Our chakras interact energetically with the life force energies of the Earth and the Cosmos. This life force energy, Chi or Prana, flows through us all the time and helps “ …keep us energized and healthy . "

Each of the seven main chakras corresponds to a specific function.

Our energy system becomes unbalanced when we have unhealed trauma, and " prolonged damage can lead to illness in the corresponding organs of the affected chakra ."

But what about the crystals? How do they fit in?

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I learned that the yellow citrine crystals promote self-confidence and help overcome adversity.

The higher beings knew the energy of the yellow citrine would help me gain a sense of personal strength and will that had been sorely lacking in my life. They knew the crystals would help to restore those aspects to my energy field.

Crystals are physicalized energy with unique healing properties. They can help us heal on the energetic, subtle levels.

We could achieve so much more if we knew how to manage our energetic systems effectively.

In our society, we tend to view problems as stemming from mental health issues or random physical diseases when, in reality, our unhealed emotional issues are the root cause of so much distress.

The disease starts in the non-physical, subtle realms of our energy system and eventually manifests as an illness if we do not deal with our pain.

As is often the case, I believe there was a purpose to my suffering.

It became the driving force behind my desire to seek alternative ways to heal and the impetus I needed to find my spiritual path.

My first energy healing class taught me that we can work with our chakras and that crystals can help us.

There are subtle aspects of ourselves that we can work with to promote healing in the deeper layers of our physical, emotional, and mental being.

It also taught me that we can call upon spiritual beings for help and that they can show us the way if we let them.

If we ask, they will answer.

Higher beings and crystals can help, but we must do the work.

If we want to heal and grow, we must actively seek guidance and take action.

Though I do believe in miracles, most of the time they don't happen automatically. Sometimes it takes our own will and effort to facilitate them.

While the healing technique of the higher beings wasn’t an instant cure, it opened the door to the path of healing for me.

And this is why it mattered: it showed me a method to work with to heal myself.

How fabulous is that?

They could easily have healed and sent me on my way, but how would I get myself out of the next jam if I wasn’t shown the tools and how to use them myself? We must take personal responsibility for our own troubles.

I had a lot of work to do, but now I had the help of the citrine crystals and the knowledge of how to work with my chakras for healing. (Don’t worry; I will go deeper into working with the chakras in a future article.)

Gratitude filled my heart as I began a daily meditation practice to strengthen my solar plexus and all of my chakras.

The road was long, but now I had the tools, knowledge, and support I needed to overcome the damage and a pathway to become whole.

I am so glad I listened to my inner voice, which told me I had to sign up for the class immediately when I saw it advertised.

Imagine: Had I not listened, ignored the class, and stayed with my misery, where would I be now?

Our inner voice is a powerful navigation tool that we too often dismiss.

Higher beings have many ways of communicating with us to get our attention, and one of them is our quiet inner voice.

It could also be the feeling of excitement we experience when we are shown opportunities that nudge us toward greater health and well-being, like the feeling I had when I saw the ad for the class.

Or it could simply be a song playing in your head, with an underlying message that we aren't alone.

Have you had signs that your guides are trying to get your attention?

I’m betting you have!

My First Energy Healing Class, Part One

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:51:51 GMT

My First Energy Healing Class, Part One

Unexpected messages

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This article can also be found on Substack HERE .

What I expected in my first energy healing class:

“Miraculous abilities!!”

What I got:

“ You have to believe we are magic, nothin’ can stand in our way ”

Repeating over and over in my head.

It was all I could hear--Magic by Olivia Newton-John.

Wait, who is WE?

Who is she singing about?

She seemed to be referring to a collective of higher beings. Angels? Guardian Angels? Galactic beings?

After all, we were in an Arcturian Healing class, so why not?

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During the second attunement of the energy healing class, all I could hear in my head was,

“… Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah, let 'em in ?...”

The higher beings are not without humor.

Did they communicate with this song to reassure me that they are like family or long-lost friends?

“…Sister Suzie, brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Uncle Ernie, auntie Gin
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah…”

You can’t make this stuff up. Never in a million years would I expect to hear music with such lyrics to get their point across to me. Everyone thought it was amusing when I shared my experience during our lunch break on the second day of the class.

After the weekend-long class, I looked up the lyrics.

“ Building your dream has to start now
There's no other road to take
You won't make a mistake
I'll be guiding you ”

Their message was clear: I was beginning a new path. They guided me and reassured me that I was heading in the right direction.

At first, I was annoyed at myself for being distracted by the songs, as they kept me from focusing on the energies I was receiving.

Many students often report seeing brilliant colors or soft tones during energy healing classes or having elaborate journeys during their meditations.

While listening to them share their experiences, I felt inadequate as I did not get that same level of awareness.

At first, I thought it odd that Arcturian energies appeared through music. But then I realized it was their way of letting me know something was happening, even though I couldn’t tune in to them just yet.

Not everyone gets songs playing in their head that are like coded messages. This gave the presence of the higher beings so much more depth and meaning.

And then I remembered that music had been a method of communication from the inner dimensions another time—not by higher-dimensional beings per se, but by the super consciousness of my dying mother. When she was in the hospital on ventilator support, she somehow managed to warn me with a particular song on the radio that it was true. She was dying.

Before the class, I had been anxious about whether I would feel any of the energy or be able to know what was happening on the inner planes of awareness.

It was clear that the higher beings communicated with me through the songs to let me know they were present and help me be at ease.

Our energy doesn’t lie; we certainly can’t hide it, especially from the inner world.

My anxiety was probably flashing at them like a neon sign:

“Am I good enough”

“Am I supposed to be here?”

Both songs seemed to be about trusting that these energy beings are like older brothers and sisters, guides and teachers, and there is nothing to fear. They have already been through the awakening process and are happy to help us to heal and to expand our consciousness.

Having grown up within a limited belief system, where you may only pray to God, not Angels or anyone else, it took a lot of courage to begin to trust.

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Although, apparently, according to the lyrics in Magic, I already knew them.

“… Come take my hand
You should know me
I've always been in your mind
You know I will be kind
I'll be guiding you …”

Knowing they understood my fears and used a method of communication, I would understand and be comfortable with is such a profound gift.

Some might think it creepy that there are higher-dimensional beings that can know our thoughts and feelings. But it’s not like they are spying on us or peering in uninvited.

Attending an energy healing class is an invitation to work with the higher beings. They see and feel our energy signatures. Though unseen by us, our thoughts and emotions are vibrations, and they are certainly felt.

Throughout the years, Magic has shown up for me in unexpected ways. For instance, when I had stopped at a rest area while driving solo from another energy healing class in Massachusetts. I had been feeling anxious about the long drive. Once inside the facility, I became aware of the overhead music.

What song was playing?

Yup, you guessed it:

Magic .

I instantly felt at ease and chuckled to myself about their ways of getting to me. It energized me the rest of the way home.

Another time, while I was sharing this story with a friend, Magic was playing in the background. We were in a sports bar, where this music was not exactly on the playlist.

I had been nervous about her reaction because I was sharing a vulnerable story. She was not exactly into galactic beings or energy healing.

She couldn’t deny the coincidence.

You never know how your Angels, Guides, Teachers, God, or Source will show up for you.

If you ask them questions or want to know things, pay close attention to what’s happening around you.

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It could be a billboard with your answer, a license plate, a song on the car radio, a person who says just the right thing, or even a TV commercial. It could also be a bird, a feather, or a coin.

If you ask and then see or hear something that sounds too much like a coincidence, you’ve just received your answer!

Our Spiritual connection is always there.

It’s not limited to the meditation mat.

Communication from the higher realms can and does come in unexpected ways.

The opportunities are endless!

My initial disappointment about two songs playing over and over in my head was short-lived. They had much more in store for me in the energy exchange and practice session.

Stay tuned for My First Energy Healing Part 2, An unexpected healing .

Wake-Up Call

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:16:10 GMT

Wake-Up Call

An out-of-body-experience

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This article can also be found on Medium.com

Covered in blood, I couldn’t lift my arms.

How did I get here?

Events of the previous night flooded my mind as I became more conscious of my surroundings.

I had been at a friend’s house. She was working the second shift, and our boyfriends were hanging out while I slept on the couch. I wasn’t interested in partying anymore.

When she returned home from work, she found me beaten to within an inch of my life. Our boyfriends had decided to get high, and mine thought I deserved to die that night.

Instead, I survived and had a decision to make.

My friend had called the police, and I apparently became combative once they arrived. I must have feared that I would somehow be in trouble.

I was a complete mess and didn’t know who to trust.

I needed to get out of there, and as much as I didn’t want to go home, I knew I had no other choice if I wanted to survive.

At seventeen, I had gone from Massachusetts to Georgia to stay with my aunt to escape my dysfunctional family.

Every night, Mom drank from the minute she walked through the door after work until she passed out. Dad worked around the clock, so no one cared for me and my two sisters.

We all suffered from her emotional abandonment from the start, and I couldn’t take it anymore.

I thought it would be better for me to leave and be on my own than to sit there watching my mother ruin her life day after day.

Boy, was that a mistake.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, I went.

Not long after settling in with my aunt, I left and moved into the clutches of the controlling, abusive man who had beat me nearly to death.

Eight years my senior, he was very charming and gave few hints that he would turn into the monster that he was.

I wanted to leave but feared it would be too dangerous. Besides, I was committed to staying away from my family, and going back would mean defeat.

I couldn’t get a job. I was underage, didn’t have a Georgia driver’s license, and I wasn’t from around there. I was a ‘Yankee’ in their eyes. But after nearly two years of misery, I wanted out.

That day in the hospital, lying there in restraints, I realized I was in way over my head, and I needed to get out before it was too late.

Shame permeated my being. I had been defeated, after all.

This was not the life I wanted to live.

I’d had enough of the hunger and the emotional and physical abuse. And the fear.

I was tired of looking and feeling like a wretch.

Going home would be hard, but it would be safe.

With my grandmother's help, I escaped and made it home to my parents. On arrival, they greeted me with momentary relief.

And then anger.

Their icy glares were ever-present.

They treated me like a criminal, a loathsome, wretched excuse for a human being.

I was angry, too.

I was also broken and hurt inside, and I didn’t know what to do about it.

I needed them to love and forgive me and to have compassion for the trauma I had endured.

Only my anger was visible to them.

Working at the restaurant didn’t bring in much beyond gas and insurance, so my parents hired me as their housekeeper instead of paying rent.

One night, while eating dinner, my parents lectured me about not doing a good enough job cleaning the house. I was trying, but it didn’t matter.

Nothing I did to show my regret for my past decisions was good enough in their eyes.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

I slammed my dinner plate across the room into the wall.

I ran upstairs, packed my belongings, and left in such a state of rage I almost couldn’t see straight to drive.

I stayed in a motel, sobbing over the state of my life and not knowing what to do or where to go.

The next day at work, my boss, Eddie, could see that I was distraught. He and his wife, my dad’s cousin, Nancy, invited me to stay with them and gave me peace of mind and support.

I had a lot of recovery work to do, but at nineteen, who even knew what that meant?

All I knew then was that I was hurting and felt I had no purpose in life.

How would I move forward?

That was my life the night it happened.

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I sat up outside of my body.

I could see in all directions without turning around and was aware of my sleeping body behind me.

How’d I do that?

I wasn’t alone.

Like the sun, a presence emanated a golden light that filled the room as its arms outstretched over me.

I didn’t give myself time to think about what was happening.

I did the only thing I could think of.

I turned around, fell back into my sleeping body, closed my eyes tight, and prayed for protection.

The next morning, I woke up feeling like I’d had a strange dream.

Then I remembered.

It was no dream.

I had no reference for this strange being that woke me out of my body in the middle of the night.

Nor did I know I could sit up out of my body while it stayed sleeping on the bed.

I didn’t know that there were actual spiritual beings in existence.

It was different from what I had imagined an angel to be. It was more than just air or light; it seemed to have an energy and density like I had never imagined.

I had no tools to help me work through this, so I tucked it deep inside my mind.

I never told anyone about it. Who would believe me, anyway?

It’s not every day that one wakes up sitting outside of one's body in the presence of a being emanating golden light.

And besides, do angels even visit wretches?

After that experience, my life started to change. I began to see hope for myself and to realize that maybe I wasn’t such a wretch after all.

I became an observer and kept to myself more. I tried to do the right things and take better care of myself. Things I hadn’t cared much about before that night.

My thoughts became fully present in my mind like never before. I remember noticing my words and inner talk and wondering why I was paying so much attention to them.

I couldn’t help it.

That was my baseline from that day on.

As the years passed, the experience floated in the back of my mind, quietly pushing me to question and seek answers.

As I sought answers, the healing path slowly emerged. In Brennan’s Hands of Light, her guide said,

“Enlightenment is the goal; healing is the by-product.”

Enlightenment cannot come if we are steeped in our wounds and unable to love.

We must clear ourselves of our pain and suffering and learn to love ourselves and others.

We must heal.

The spiritual path was a process that helped me to overcome depression, despair, and chronic low self-esteem.

My spiritual path showed me how to let go of the hatred I held in my heart toward my mother and myself.

Slowly, I learned about healing and connecting with higher beings.

On my journey of self-discovery and Spirit, if I ever doubted the reality of spiritual beings, guides, or ascended masters, I had my personal experience to remind me.

They are real.

I learned that night that my physical body is only part of who I am. The other part is made up of the Spirit Soul.

“ We are all spiritual beings having a human experience. ”

And yes, the angels, guides, and teachers exist in other realms, ready to work with us when we are ready.

" We are all guided by spiritual teachers who speak to us in our dreams, through intuition, and eventually, if we listen, perhaps through writing, sound, voice, or concepts. ”

Or through middle-of-the-night wake-up calls.

It’s no easy endeavor to wake up to our spiritual dimension while steeped in 3D life.

But awaken, we must.

We are assigned to awakening our spiritual nature in each lifetime, but no one said it would be easy.

We must start from the beginning in each incarnation as if we have never been here before. As Newton says in Journey of Souls,

“It does seem a heavy burden that in every new life, a soul must search all over again to find its true self in a different body.”

Looking back on my encounter with an angelic being of light and my out-of-body experience, I realize there was no reason to fear.

I feared it because I did not understand. Our religious frameworks, on the whole, do not teach the possibility of angel visitation, except in ancient times, not meant for the here and now.

To know the reality of our spiritual existence, we must seek answers from alternative sources, such as spiritual science, metaphysics, meditation, nature, etc.

As we open to the possibilities of alternate dimensions, we may have our own direct experiences. No one can take that away from us.

The memory of being in the presence of an angelic being was like a shining beacon guiding me down a different path.

A path I would need the courage to walk.

Maybe this lifetime was meant for me to find ways to heal the deep wounds created by emotional abandonment, betrayal, and other traumas. And to learn to love and have compassion for myself and others. Perhaps it was the doorway I needed to discover my true nature as

“ a spiritual being having a physical existence .”

Thanks for reading!

Have you had a wake-up call that put you on your own healing and awakening path? Please let me know in the comments!

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Coincidence, All The Way From Georgia?

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:14:08 GMT

Coincidence, All The Way From Georgia?

How my mother warned me she was dying.

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This article can also be found on Medium.com

"I'm so glad you called."

I could hear the smile in her voice, but I was not prepared to hear those words or the tone she used.

I knew something was up, but she didn’t elaborate, and I didn’t ask.

Mom spoke to me with a warmth and presence that she had never given me in my entire life. Something was wrong, but she gave no hint about what it might be.

I was alarmed but had no concrete reason to think anything was wrong. She had no complaints. She listened as I shared about watering my plants and my week.

I cut the call short because I felt uncomfortable and didn’t want the elephant in the room to make any noise.

I didn’t want to think about what her change in demeanor might mean.

My internal alarm system went off again a few days later but from an unexpected source.

I was working in the hospital’s infusion room when a familiar song played on the radio. My colleague and I were curious to know who sang it.

We couldn’t figure it out, so Bob wrote down some of the lyrics and handed them to me.

“Here, look it up.”

It was odd that he would take the time to write down the lyrics, but I typed them into the computer anyway.

Seasons in the Sun , by Terry Jacks. A one-hit wonder. Now it made sense why neither of us knew who he was.

Reading through the lyrics, I realized it was about someone dying.

How sad, I thought.

My insides clenched ever so slightly. I pushed aside the feeling. I didn’t want to investigate why I reacted that way.

When I saw my sister’s name near the end of the lyrics, my insides clenched again, and a slight alarm went off in my heart as the hair rose on the back of my neck.

“Goodbye Michelle, my little one; you gave me love, and helped me find the sun”

Photo by author, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia

It was time for lunch, so I closed the computer and went to the lunchroom.

No sooner had I sat down than my phone rang. It was Angela. Something had to be wrong.

She never called.

When I answered, she choked up as she put her mother on the phone. Aunt Carol informed me of my mother’s condition, and then added,

“Dr. Levy said, if she has family, tell them they should come.”

Mom was dying.

I left work and prepared to drive to Georgia. I knew in my gut she was on her way out, as the song played in my head.

Had she warned me with that song, all the way from Georgia?

“Goodbye my friend it’s hard to die”

We weren’t exactly friends. Or were we getting there and now it was too late?

We hadn’t talked much for almost ten years until she had had a short hospitalization the previous October.

My dad had insisted that I call her. I protested and refreshed his memory that she didn’t care if I called.

She had always seemed uninterested in knowing anything about her children or grandchildren. She never called or asked about them.

She was fighting her own battles from childhood traumas and didn’t want any witnesses.

“She’s still your mother.”

He reminded me.

Thus began my Sunday calls to her. Every week was the same. I called, and she answered.

I asked about her recovery, and how she was feeling, and ensured she was taking her medicines correctly.

The calls never lasted more than ten or fifteen minutes and always felt a little forced. Very seldom did we laugh.

She seemed slow to recover. The episode in October had drained her more than I had realized. It was July and she still was not nearly where I expected her to be.

She seemed to be going in the opposite direction.

I didn’t know that it wasn’t a slow recovery.

She was slowly dying.

I arrived in Georgia the following morning, dreading what I would see.

While I waited for my sisters to arrive, I went into the intensive care unit.

The room was quiet except for the rhythmic pulsing of the breathing machine. All manner of tubes and infusion lines invaded her body.

She didn’t stir when I bent to kiss her forehead and told her I loved her, and that it was okay.

I told her I was sorry we didn’t have more time to heal our relationship and that I understood it was time for her to go.

Stillness.

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My sisters arrived, and the four of us entered the room.

Mom sat straight up and gasped in shock that all her children were there.

Eyes still closed, she lay back down and remained still.

It was stunning.

The doctor was ready to see us.

We listened to his report in the stillness of the small conference room.

His news was grave.

He explained that Mom had just undergone emergency surgery to repair a ruptured gut. I knew it was due to years of alcohol and diet soda; her self-medications of choice for her deep, unhealed wounds of childhood trauma.

Dr. Levy told us that, according to the surgeon, she came through the surgery with flying colors. Yet, within ten minutes of removing her from the respirator, she went into respiratory arrest.

He explained,

“Her lungs are weak due to emphysema, and the strain of the surgery was too much.”

So they had to put her back on the respirator. The surgeon seemed to have some expectation that she would eventually be able to breathe on her own again and would recover.

Dr. Levy knew otherwise. Respiratory failure wasn’t her only problem.

She had stage-four metastatic breast cancer.

“Even if her lungs recovered from the surgery, she would only have at best, three or four weeks to live. Chemotherapy won’t save her.”

I knew he was right.

Having worked for many years in the critical care unit at the level 2 trauma center, I knew when someone was dying.

All the signs were there: maxed out on blood pressure support meds, unresponsive without any sedation or pain medication. She was going. It was just a matter of time.

She remained the same for the four days we were there.

We had no idea when she would transition and there was talk about long-term care. We all had to get back to our lives and went home to await the news of her passing.

The following Wednesday night the nurse called to tell me Mom was at the end of the critical care support phase and they needed to transition her to long-term care, and wanted our permission to proceed.

My sisters and I knew that’s not what she wanted. Given that we all agreed, the medical team decided to allow her more time on the ventilator and medications and let nature run its course.

After the call, I couldn’t hold it in anymore.

I wailed.

It was the most painful day of my life.

Two days later, Aunt Carol called to let me know that Mom had passed quietly, with her and Aunt Marsha by her side.

When I called my dad to inform him of her passing, I didn’t expect his response.

“Huh, that’s about the time I said goodbye to her while I was driving to Rhode Island for work.”

Another coincidence?

According to Tibetan Buddhist teachings, unlikely.

“First, they must give the person permission to die, and second they must reassure the person they will be all right after he or she has gone, and that there is no need to worry about them.”

Mom had waited for Dad to acknowledge her before she left. As soon as he did, she let go.

In our culture, we tend not to believe we can communicate on a non-physical, soul level, but we do it all the time without even realizing it.

Have you ever thought of someone and then the phone rang, or they texted you? That’s our psychic abilities working without our conscious intention, it just happens. Yet, we brush it off as a coincidence.

I don’t believe in coincidences.

In my experience, when a person is dying, they are super-conscious. They can communicate long distances instantaneously to get a message to a loved one, as my mother did when she was leaving and couldn’t verbally tell me. In the realm of spiritual consciousness, there is no time or distance. It is instantaneous. Quantum.

Did my Mom send that song (with help from the Spirit world?) to alert me that she was dying?

I found out years later from my sister Michelle, that she would sing Seasons in the Sun to our mom on their daily phone calls. I had no idea when I looked up those lyrics that day at work.

Learning that it was a special song between Mom and Michelle left no doubt that it was a message sent from my mother as she was imminently dying.

How could that be a coincidence?

Mom knew she was going. She had warned me twice. She signaled to me she was dying when she spoke to me with that loving tone that had been missing my whole life. Then, a few days later, she sent me her special song on the radio and nudged my co-worker to bring it to my attention.

Mom couldn’t talk with us about her abuse as a child. She couldn’t be present as a mother, and she couldn’t seek help.

But before she left this earth, as often happens when people are dying, she made her amends by letting me know she did love me after all.

“I’m so glad you called.”

“Do not overlook tiny, good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water, in the end, will fill a huge vessel.”

On Death, Dying, and Courage

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:23:49 GMT

On Death, Dying, and Courage

The gift of letting go

This article can also be found on Medium.com

Tears welled in both of our eyes as I leaned down to kiss my father-in-law’s forehead to tell him that John and I loved him. It was his third week of fighting pneumonia. As we prepared to leave the rehab center, we could see he was nearing the end of his fight.

More tears came when I told him we wanted him to get better. But if that wasn’t what he wanted, we would understand.

We would still love him.

The next morning, we awoke to a text that Larry had gone to the emergency room.

He was letting go.

Larry had been through a massive life change. His wife of more than sixty years had recently moved into memory care. He realized that he didn’t want to be alone, nor could he manage. Soon after moving into assisted living, his health faltered.

Many falls, then severe COVID pneumonia — all within the first two weeks of leaving his home of more than fifty years.

It was time.

Overnight, the doctor started Larry on oxygen and more antibiotics. When my husband, John, arrived at the hospital, the doctor told him his dad’s illness was near terminal.

Without continued support, his chances of survival were slim. The doctor emphasized that, even with oxygen, he might not make it much longer.

John and his brothers knew their dad didn’t want massive life-saving efforts. They knew they had to reconcile their feelings and come to terms with the situation — fast.

A swirl of emotions arose in each of them as they wrestled with this information. The fear, the doubt, the grief, and the guilt all pushed them to resist calling it time.

They all questioned the severity of Larry’s situation. Through text messages and phone calls, they made their way to the reality of their dad’s situation. They wished that somehow it could change if they gave him more time.

But it was plain to see he was dying.

They faced their fears and emotions with courage. They knew it was time to honor their father’s wishes, even if it was hard.

With the agreement of the medical team, they made the formal decision to withdraw care.

Larry teetered in and out of awareness. His clarity at times caused us to question if he was, in fact, on his way out.

When he learned that we needed to wait for at least one of his other two sons to arrive before withdrawing care, he gave us quite the response.

He sat up and looked at John and me right in the eye and said, “Are you telling me we have to extend this?”

Then he lay down and closed his eyes.

John and I looked at each other in stunned disbelief. Did he just say that?

That statement made it crystal clear to us that Larry was aware he was dying. And the thought of prolonging it did not sit well with him. That was his final protest to having to wait.

When a person is near death, their awareness expands, and they become more psychic. It’s as if a door to spiritual realms opens, and they can see and interact with those on the other side. This was so clear with Larry.

At times, he seemed to be talking to someone and would say things like, “Do they have high-class food here?”

He was not asking us.

He was asking someone unseen to us. Was it his mom? Uncle Bob?

It seemed like he was basing his decision to die on whether the food quality over there was good enough. And who better to ask than someone who was already there?

With tear-filled eyes, Larry expressed his awareness and understanding that he was near the end.

Through our eyes and the holding of hands, we expressed our love. In silence, we communicated our understanding that he was leaving.

And that we would be okay after he was gone.

We gave our silent permission and hoped it would give him the courage and

“The confidence to relax and let go.”

Words would not come. They weren’t meant to. Our tears said what we could not.

As I reflected on Larry’s imminent passing, the memory of a very different experience came to mind.

Reflections of a Not-So-Peaceful Passing

Sitting with Larry in the surrounding chaos of the emergency room, I recalled the difficult and prolonged death of a cancer patient. During my early years as an oncology pharmacist, I worked at a cancer hospital. The pharmacists attended medical emergencies in support of the life-saving efforts of the doctors and nurses.

They save lives every day. If there is not a clear ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order, life-saving measures must continue until the patient stabilizes or dies.

The patient was riddled with cancer from HIV/AIDS and needed emergency lifesaving measures several times over a few days.

He was dying, but the strong pull of his family kept him from leaving. His family waited outside his hospital room each day, refusing to let the doctors give up.

It is our natural response to want to hold on to our loved ones, hoping beyond hope they will survive and get well again. But it’s not up to us.

Somehow, he kept stabilizing. Then his system would collapse again, until finally, he succumbed to his death.

Tibetan Buddhism teaches us that efforts to stop the soul from leaving cause tremendous distress for a dying person.

“The mere presence of loved ones may provoke strong feelings of attachment in the dying person, […making] it harder than ever for them to let go.”

They know it’s time for them to leave, but they resist going because their loved ones aren’t able to part with them yet.

In our Western culture, we tend to focus on the physical body and the personality that goes with it. We forget about the immortal Soul whose time it is to go.

By focusing on keeping them alive, we aren’t letting them die. We’re not allowing them to easily leave this world through their natural process, in peace.

Even though we are in pain over the impending loss of our loved one, often our most precious gift can be to allow the dying their process.

No easy task.

Even though we may feel helpless, we can provide them with as peaceful a passing as possible. If they are free from the duress and chaos of prolonged emergency life-support efforts, when they are ready, they can go in peace.

Continued attempts to keep that cancer patient from dying were heavy on my heart. I knew it was causing him distress. Yet, he held on for the sake of his family.

Until he couldn’t.

He died surrounded by a medical team, while his family wailed at the news of his passing. It broke my heart.

The contrast between his situation and Larry’s couldn’t have been greater.

After John’s younger brother arrived, the medical team reduced oxygen support. It was unknown how long it would be before Larry transitioned.

It could be hours or minutes.

Drowsiness settled in as his oxygen level steeply declined. His quiet rest was a blessing as we awaited the arrival of John’s oldest brother from upstate New York.

As Larry’s system began to slow, he had one last moment of lucidity as he spoke his final words to us: “I love you.”

Our hearts ached as we told him we loved him too.

Finally, John’s older brother arrived as the room was ready. We took turns sitting with Larry until his final moments.

Death and dying are a natural part of life, but we can never be fully prepared to face the death of a loved one. The pain is excruciating. There are no words to describe it.

Yet, as much as it hurts, there can be comfort in remembering that they are eternal souls moving on to another aspect of their evolutionary journey.

In my experience, when a person is dying, their consciousness expands. Their psychic abilities are WIDE open.

When they are no longer with us on this plane of existence, we can think of them in our hearts, and they will be by our side.

We can take comfort in knowing they’re only a thought away.

How do we know this is true?

Having just left our world, they know we aren’t able to perceive them from our plane of existence. When we are thinking about them, they are right there with us.

To get our attention, they will give us clues they are near: signs from nature, a song on the radio, or some other sign of personal significance.

Sometimes the sign is a bird or a feather.

When I see a little white butterfly flutter by on a warm summer day, I know my mom is with me.

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When my sister sees a swarm of dragonflies, she knows our mom is with her.

Photo by Clément Falize on Unsplash

We know Larry is with us when John and I see his name on a Mack truck or his abbreviated name on a license plate.

Photo Credit: author’s photo License plate with Larry, abreviated.

You may wonder if it is real. But deep in your heart, you will know.

They are still with us but in a different form.

The most beautiful gift we could give was to let Larry go with love, courage, and compassion.

He went in peace, surrounded by his children, reunited with his loved ones who had gone before him. Knowing he no longer suffered was like a soothing balm for our aching hearts.

Our unspoken task was to let go of Larry with love, courage, and compassion. It gave him the courage he needed to trust his dying process and to go with confidence into his new existence.

We did our best

“There is no greater gift … you can give than helping a person to die well.”

The Study of Spiritual Science and the Spiritual Path

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:50:57 GMT

The Study of Spiritual Science and the Spiritual Path

What is spiritual science? According to the Vesica Institute ( www.vesica.org ) it is the study of deep esoteric knowledge and practices of Ancient Traditions. As a society, we have been taught to fear the unknown, or anything associated with the word ‘occult’. If we want to know what lies beyond the veil of the unknown, the unseen, the world beyond our physical senses, we must learn the terminology, we must practice the methods given to us from our predecessors who have walked the path and provided us with the tools and guidance as we begin to navigate our own path.

You can think of it like learning a new sport. You need to learn the layout of the land. You wouldn’t decide to play soccer and just hop on a team without knowing the rules, the terminology, the methods for succeeding in the game. You would spend time learning the rules, practicing the plays, becoming comfortable with the ball so you can navigate the soccer field with grace and ease. It is the same with spiritual practice. You must first have the desire to learn. Then you must spend the time working toward achieving a high level of comfort navigating your energy centers and exploring higher levels of awareness.

Why study spiritual science? We are here on this beautiful planet to awaken to our divine nature, to expand our consciousness and to become aware of the true nature of reality. The many works of Rudolph Steiner, a Master on the path has provided us with a large volume of knowledge to help us navigate our own path into the nature of Spirit.

Many people will cast all awareness aside for the belief that it is not possible to see into the unseen worlds. RS teaches that if you want to learn to see beyond the veil, you must begin to practice certain activities that will strengthen your innate abilities to do just that.

There are many sources of information out there, from Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Christianity, Rosicrucian teachings. Some of my favorite resources are: Dr. Robert Gilbert at www.Vesica.org , Rudolf Steiner, Daskalos (Greek healer Stylianos Atteshlis).

Once you start your path, you will be guided to the resources that best suit your needs at your current level of learning. That has been my path over the last 25 plus years. I find the more I learn, the more I realize how much more there is to learn. This is a life long journey.

Each person on this Earthly incarnation has their own Soul lessons and personal growth path. Not everyone is at the same level of personal or spiritual development. That is why it feels so difficult to choose the spiritual path, when so many others are just living their lives and seem not to be the least bit interested spiritual development. In this world of social norms and everyone seemingly needing to be accepted by their peers, family, employers, and communities, it is difficult, to say the least, to follow the path of spiritual awareness.

It’s okay. You can begin your spiritual development quietly, without the critical eye of those around you. Schedule time to meditate and read spiritual books. Find a spiritual teacher or energy healer you feel comfortable with and participate in energy healing sessions, learn what it means to work with energy healing and the various modalities which are available to you out there.
You don’t have to become a healer or open a healing business, but these activities will enrich your spiritual development, accelerate your learning and forge connections to higher beings more than you would imagine.

It takes time to gain your footing on this path. Participating in various spiritual groups, meditation groups and energy healing classes helps you to not only to receive much needed healing, but to learn the ropes of spiritual development and continue to expand your awareness.

I hope you enjoyed this article. Please reach out if you have questions or comments. If you are ready to start by reading, check out my “Good Reads” section and get started today!

Mystical Blessings,
Cyn

Proactive Spirituality

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:51:18 GMT

Proactive Spirituality

I used to walk through life hoping for change, hoping for something to save me from my inner pain and suffering. I really didn’t know that I was making choices and living my life in a passive way, allowing others to direct my life in ways that weren’t serving my highest good. I struggled with self-esteem issues and didn’t understand that the power was within me to make my own life better and to reach for help. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that I cannot do this on my own, and I cannot receive the help I desire unless I actively seek it. Pushing through the fears of uncertainty and self-doubt, I began to push my limits and seek answers.

Walking the spiritual path, the ascension path, or the path of awakening, however you prefer to name it, is not possible without your own inner Will driving your progress. Of course, we definitely have guides that show us the way until we are capable of taking the steering wheel ourselves, but at some point, we must make the willful determination that we want to go further and higher. That requires action on our part.

What kind of action? For me, it was reading spiritual material, actively calling on my guides for more knowledge and understanding and taking steps to further my progress, such as signing up for various healing modalities and actively working on my inner development.
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It started with meditation. Then I found myself taking healing classes to increase my knowledge and awareness of my own connection to the Galactic and Celestial beings we are all connected to, whether we realize it or not.

Actively choosing your path is the most powerful way to accelerate your progress. Actively asking for assistance via the higher beings, archangels, ascended masters, etc., is a way of co-creating and accelerating your progress on the spiritual path. Being open to new ideas and learning new ways to connect to the inner worlds and higher beings is a most precious endeavor.

Thanks for letting me share. May you be Blessed as you walk further along your path of awakening with a renewed sense of purpose and connection.

Mystical Blessings!

Cyn

Unseen Influences

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:02:20 GMT

Unseen Influences- Disconnecting from Mass Negativity

Did you know we are always under the influence of thought-forms, whether they are positive or negative? When we create thoughts, we are sending them out into the Astral field, where they then can act on their own and create disharmony in our lives, as we unknowingly feed them with our inner thoughts which are in resonance with these energies.

As we enter this new year, we may be continuing to feel stressed from the overwhelmingly difficult year we have just gone through. It’s okay. We are all being influenced by the massive influx of information regarding the COVID -19 situation and the election situation. This information overload is affecting us on a deeper level than we may realize. These fearful and stressful thoughtforms are initiated in the mainstream media system, then propagated by our continued focus on them, as well as our own creation of them with our own negative thoughts and feelings and fears pertaining to those instigated in us by the media. Sounds like a vicious circle doesn’t it?

When I first started working with energy, in addition to mass media negativity, I began to realize how much my own negative thinking was bringing me down and keeping me in a low vibration, especially during difficult emotional times in my life. I had no idea I was contributing to my own misery by perpetuating the negativity through my own feelings of resentment or low self-worth creating thoughtforms that were in continuous resonance with me. Over time, with continued awareness, I began to notice my thoughts and quickly change them from negative to those more positive and gratitude-filled. It takes time and a conscious effort, and believe me, it is so worth it!

It is a known phenomenon within the unseen world, that there are energetic entities or elemental thoughtforms, which are created from our own thoughts and feelings, and when there are common thoughts and feelings from large groups of people, these entities take on a much larger influential role in our lives. We can see it when we observe how the media effects the entire nation and how it invokes many fearful ideas within us, which then creates more thoughtforms of similar resonance, creating even bigger influential thoughtforms and around it goes.

The idea of elemental thoughtforms is explained in the work of the Greek Master Healer, Stylianos Atteshlis, also known as Daskalos (teacher), as explained in the book, Magus of Strovolos, by Kyriacos C. Markides. When we are becoming aware of our subtle energies, our thoughts and feelings, we must be as vigilant as possible in keeping negative thoughts in check. Otherwise, we are unwittingly contributing to the overall negative energies influencing ourselves and others around us.

Daskalos says “elementals have a life of their own, just like any living form and can have existence independent of the one who projected them.” This means they can influence us through resonance. This is why it is so important to clear our minds of negativity and focus on the positive aspects in our lives with gratitude. This keeps us from being in resonance with negative energies in the inner planes, or astral worlds.

Easier said than done right? With practice and dedication to this intention, it becomes easier to disengage from negativity.

After limiting exposure to harsh energies such as mainstream and other media, large crowds, negative individuals, etc., what are some other practices you can do to minimize resonance with negativity?

One of the best ways to naturally rid ourselves of negative thinking patterns is to first become aware that we are having them. Then, as a mindfulness practice, acknowledge them and transmute them with love and let them go. How do you transmute something with love? You acknowledge the thought or feeling and bless it with gratitude from your heart for showing you how you don’t want to think or feel, and thank it for the lesson it gave you. Then, you can infuse the negative thought or feeling with loving energy from your heart space and release it.

Another way to minimize the influence of negative thoughtforms is to not pay any attention to them. Just let them float right by you and devoid them of your energy. You can then just keep focusing on positive feelings, repeating positive mantras, etc.

Spending time in nature, going for walks in the woods, or near the ocean or other body of water naturally clears negativity and gives us good feelings and can help change our thinking patterns to more affirmative and supportive ones. All of these are wonderful selfcare exercises which are supportive on so many levels.

Consciously removing sources of negativity, saying positive affirmations are some of the tools I used prior to knowing about this idea of elemental thoughtforms. It is also what keeps me from being in a state of fear during these very difficult times we are all facing.

Of course, there are energetic tools that can be used to alleviate these connections to negative mass thoughtforms. If you would like more information on an energy healing session, please contact me and let me know. I would be happy to work with you.

Wishing you a Blessed Happy and Healthy New Year filled with Peace, Love, Joy, Happiness and lots of positive energies surrounding you and your loved ones.

Mystical Blessings!
Cyn

Reference: The Magus of Strovolos, by Kyriacos C. Markides (p.34)

Maintaining Good Energy Levels During the Holidays

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:43:48 GMT

Maintaining Good Energy Levels During the Holidays

Making a list, checking it twice, wondering how to fit it all in, with so much to do and so little time! As we become more sensitive to subtle energies, we begin to notice we are picking up and influenced by the energies of others. One of the steps along the spiritual path is learning how to manage your own energy so that you don’t become drained by your environment.

In my previous blog , I discussed the importance of discerning your own energies from those of others. It’s important to know whether what you are experiencing is from your own feelings and emotions, or the those of others.

Now I would like to share some common practices you can use to shield yourself daily.
Once we become aware of the permeability of our energy, it becomes increasingly important to create a daily practice to keep our systems clear and in high frequency status.

Here are some great practices I have learned over the years that you can put into place to support your own energy field and be less resonant with that of others. See what works best for you! I like to use them all!

Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude

An important daily practice to help maintain good mental hygiene is to keep your thoughts positive. Work on maintaining a positive outlook and practice refraining from dwelling on negative thoughts and feelings. This will help you to avoid being in resonance with the potential negative energies of others in your environment.

Avoid Excessive Media and Electronics

Consuming a lot of media information, regardless of the source, is an energy draining activity. If possible, keep the television and radio off as much as possible during this season. Instead, make time to be in silence to connect with yourself, and silence itself. Go outside and connect with nature, feel the breeze, hear the sounds of the trees, and the animals. These activities will help clear your energy field of any built up toxins and keep you grounded and feeling revived!

Create a Shield of White Light

You can call on White Light to clear your energy field, and to create a shield of white light with the intention that it surround you throughout the day. This shield will help to prevent any negativity of others from permeating your field.

You can do this by standing straight, imagine you are standing in a strong pillar of White Light. Call on this white light to fill your body and expand around you to become a shield around and within your body and all of your subtle bodies (etheric, astral, causal, spiritual and divine). You can envision this as a large, egg-shaped sphere around your body.

Throughout the day, place your awareness on this sphere of light surrounding and permeating your energy field to help maintain its potency. Energy follows awareness. It doesn’t take but a few seconds to do this, but the impact can be very supportive.

Use Blue and White Light as Shield

Calling on White and Blue light are also powerful healing tools that don’t require any attunements in order to use for your own well-being and safety. Simply imagine yourself in a large egg-shaped bubble of blue and white light. You can see it pouring in through the top of your head, expanding out around your body. This will keep your energy field clear of toxic energies in your environment. The blue light has the added benefit of containing your own energies within your field and further protecting them from infiltration of outside influence. In Pranic healing, blue light is used to contain the healing energies within the system being healed.

Call on Higher Beings

You can call on the higher beings of light to assist you if you need immediate help during your day. This can be in the form of your Guardian Angel, Archangel Michael, the Christ Being, Mother Mary, Quan Yin, or any spiritual being you most resonate with.

My personal favorite spiritual being to call upon when I feel I need a bigger safety net is Archangel Michael. He is known as the Great Protector. You can call on his blue sword of light to cut any cords of attachment that are draining you of precious energy. I have called on his Presence many times in my life and have felt much safer knowing he is actively supporting my safety and wellbeing.

Protect your time and energy.

An important way to help maintain a strong energy field is to limit and protect your time and energy during the holiday season to those activities which nourish you and support your inner well-being.
Create boundaries around your time constraints.

Boundaries are a good way to prevent your energy levels from being over-taxed. Say yes only to those things that rev your engines and keep you feeling upbeat and motivated. Say no to things you know will be draining or overwhelming to your system. If you can’t say no, then make time to recover so you can be in full health and strength as we move through the holiday season.

I hope these suggestions help you to feel wonderfully strong, healthy and energized as we move through this holiday season and beyond.

Blessings and Cosmic Inspirations for a Wonderful, Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

Cindi

Know thyself: Awareness and Discernment

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:45:48 GMT

Know thyself: Awareness and Discernment

Life is energy. We are energy. Beyond our physical bodies, we are enveloped in our subtle bodies, which extend far beyond our physical bodies. Energies from other individuals around us are very perceptible, and even more so when you become more sensitive to subtle energies.

You may have experienced this when a person quietly enters a room and suddenly the air feels different, or when you think of someone and then they enter the room, or your phone rings, and it’s them! That is your energy field picking up on the energy field of someone else. We aren’t always aware of it, but we are intermingled in each other’s energies all of the time. If we resonate with the energy of another, we may become more aware of their current emotional state. Remember, to resonate with something means you are in sync with that particular energy. In chemistry, like attracts like. When you are in resonance with an energy, regardless of which energy or emotion, your system will attract that same energy, or become more aware of it.

When we start to become aware of our multidimensional selves, we become much more sensitive to the energies of those around us. Once you learn to discern whether your emotions or physical symptoms are your own or that of others, you can free yourself from unwanted energies and continue to be in the higher vibration of feel good energies!

I had a fascinating experience with this phenomenon few years ago, while at work. I was on break in the lunch room with two co-workers. On that particular day, I was sitting in between the two of them at a small round table. One on my left, the other on my right. I was not feeling particularly stressed that day, yet I began to notice my stomach felt like it was in knots. I hadn’t been feeling any physical stress symptoms prior to going to lunch. I then began to realize; it was the energy of the two individuals sitting on either side of me. One individual was a bit of a bully. The other individual was more of a follower. So, the follower would tend to sway in the direction of the bully if the bully was exhibiting bad behavior (albeit subconsciously, likely in order to avoid becoming the target of bullying herself). I had been the recipient of bully behavior from this individual several times, so I was very aware of the dynamic going on.

There was no verbal communication, as each of us was minding our own business. Once I became aware of these uncomfortable energies, I called on Divine Blue Light to surround each of us in an individual blue light bubble. Within a few moments, the energy shifted, my stomach relaxed and the tension in the room seemed to dissipate. The individual on my left, the bully, shrunk into herself, began biting her nails and attempted to make herself as small as possible. It was a marked change in demeanor. The other individual became less tense, her energy expanded, and she began to chat a little. The impact of that experience has never left me. I was blown away by the power of that simple little act of surrounding the situation in blue light.

You may be wondering, ‘if you felt those energies emanating from someone else, wouldn’t that mean you were feeling those stressor energies within yourself as well?’

I would answer that I have lived many years in resonance with those feelings of negativity, low self-esteem, and fear. So, yes, I was able to feel those energies instantly because they were strongly embedded in my cellular memories, even though I was not directly experiencing them myself at that time. I knew I wasn’t feeling stressed or insecure or fearful, but my system was very familiar with those feelings, so I was picking up on the energies from those sitting around me.

At that time in my development, many years ago, I was aware of using color frequencies from various sources. I have since studied Vibrational Science, and Pranic Healing, both of which involve using the healing properties of color vibration and life force energy for healing.

Knowing I could use my intention to call on specific colors of light for an intended effect, I used the blue light for protection. In this case, shielding and protecting myself from unwanted energies.

This situation brings up the issue of ethics. Is it appropriate to surround others with blue light without their knowledge or permission? In this case, at that time, I was not aware of the importance of considering whether they would have accepted it or not. It was a means of protection to contain their negative energies within their own space, versus sending them direct healing energies. I understand now that it would have been sufficient for me to surround myself in the blue light, in addition to having the recognition that the energies were not my own was enough to release the toxic energies from my awareness.

Some people have different philosophies one this. Some people feel you must never intervene unknowingly with a person’s energy field. Others believe it’s okay to send healing whether it is received knowingly or not. In the Reiki healing modality, as well as Pranic healing for example, it’s okay to send energy to a person, situation or event without the express permission of the receiver. It’s kind of like, if you have the awareness and the ability to be of service to others, it is okay to provide healing energies for others. They don’t need to be aware of it, and it will do no harm.

For example, if you are attuned to Reiki healing energies and you drive by an accident scene, it is perfectly acceptable to send Reiki in support of the immediate healing needs and support of those involved. If it is meant to be received, it will be received. If not, then the energies go into the earth or environment. In general, if your intention is to help or protect, with the understanding and intention of not interfering in a person’s freedom of choice or their lessons in life, then it is similar to sending prayers to intervene on another’s behalf. The energies will go where they are most needed for the specific situation in question. Each individual must follow their own inner guidance on this. Your Higher Self knows what to do.

As mentioned in the International House of Reiki Blog: Distance Healing-Permission or No Permission
“Does the sun ask permission to shine? Does a fire ask permission to radiate heat?” People will “take from this heat accordingly.” (5/11/2010)

https://ihreiki.com/blog/distance_healing_-_permission_or_no_permission/?v=7516fd43adaa

It is so important to be familiar with your own energy state at all times. Acknowledge and respond accordingly with love and non-judgement. This will help you recognize when you are feeling your own emotions and feelings, versus the energies of others.

Awareness is probably the most important tool available to you as a means of protecting and shielding your energy field. Once you recognize where the energies are coming from, you can intend to release energies that are not your own and acknowledge and support the healing of your own emotions and feelings. As an added protection, you can call on Blue Light to surround your energy field and protect you from any unwanted energies from others. Calling on your Guardian Angel or Archangel Michael is also very helpful in managing these situations. The most important part is your awareness of unwanted energies, and the intention to be free of them.

I hope this article was helpful to you. Please reach out and share your experiences with me!

Cosmic Inspirations!
Cindi

Awakening and Self-Care: It’s a Process…Not an Event

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:50:56 GMT

Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere on your path of awakening? Putting in lots of meditation time and still find yourself reacting to the day’s stresses and those in your environment in less than enlightened ways? Hitting inner road blocks like never before?

It’s okay. It happens. We are awakening to a new way of being. Our old habits and patterns aren’t so easy to shake. It takes time, effort, discipline, and patience. Patience with others, and most importantly with ourselves. Our old ways of thinking and behaving won’t leave us overnight, just because we have awakened to our spiritual selves and are aware that we are much more than we ever thought we were. We are still human beings with thoughts, feelings, inner wounds and habitual behaviors. Now that we are aware, we are responsible for taking care of ourselves on a much deeper level. Which means we must face our inner selves with courage and determination to heal and reach our full potential, and allow ourselves the time and space to do so.

I remember when I first started attending classes and group meditations. I just knew, every meditation, every next new class, I was going to be opened up and my spiritual gifts would suddenly appear and I would finally arrive! Of course, I began to catch on with each new meditation, or new class, that I still had some inner work to do before my gifts would decide to show up. I finally began to realize, it’s a process, not an event! It’s the journey that counts, not the destination.

I still had loads of inner work to do. In addition to the wounds I had yet to heal from years of emotional trauma, as I was slowly beginning my healing journey, I suddenly found myself dealing with the grief of the loss of my mother and my marriage. Two major life changes in almost as many years. Yes, I had work to do.

Of course, healing and awakening weren’t going to happen immediately, though in the beginning I naively thought they would. Or, maybe I just wished they would, so the hurt would stop.

Walking the awakening path opens doors to awareness in unexpected ways. We begin to see ourselves, perhaps for the first time. Self-awareness is the path to true healing and awakening. We are no good to others if we don’t first take care of ourselves. If we aren’t working on our inner work, our spiritual development will not progress as rapidly as we would like. To be clear enough to connect to higher worlds, we must do the inner work to shed all of the heaviness from our being.

I know all too well that facing our inner demons is a very scary prospect. Who knows what we will find lurking in the recesses of our inner being? Yet, we can’t let that stop us from doing our work. Living in that fear is self-defeating and stops us in our tracks. It keeps us in our lower patterns and from exploring our inner connections to the worlds of Spirit and Higher Consciousness. The journey requires us to have the courage to face our inner wounds, so we can heal and move forward with clarity and inner peace.

The answers may not come right away. However, when we do this as a regular practice, we become solid in our awareness of our own energies. Then, as we progress to connecting to the inner worlds of a spiritual nature, we are much less likely to be fooled by illusions of unseen energies which may not have our best interest at heart. Self-awareness, knowledge, and good healthy self-care will nurture our spiritual growth and empower us as we move forward on our awakening path.

Cosmic Inspirations!
Cindi

Awakening and Self-Care

It’s a Process, Not an Event

It’s all good. It is about balance. We must take a good look at ourselves, learn to love ourselves, flaws and inconsistencies, warts and all! It takes time. It is about forgiving ourselves when we go backwards, fall into old, less than healthy behaviors, or feelings of insecurity and uncertainty.

We can use these experiences as awareness prompts. Look at what we are feeling and experiencing right now. Acknowledge those feelings: Yes, I am feeling very sad, or scared, or anxious. What can I do to support myself in this moment? Take a break? Move to a place of silence? When you get to a safe place of being, you can ask yourself why is this happening, why am I feeling this way? Is there a lesson? What am I seeing within myself that wants to be heard and acknowledged? Call on your Guides for support.

The answers may not come right away. However, when we do this as a regular practice, we become solid in our awareness of our own energies. Then, as we progress to connecting to the inner worlds of a spiritual nature, we are much less likely to be fooled by illusions of unseen energies which may not have our best interest at heart. Self-awareness, knowledge, and good healthy self-care will nurture our spiritual growth and empower us as we move forward on our awakening path.

Cosmic Inspirations!
Cindi